Would anyone have information on the line of Daniel Browning, born 1791 in GA. died in Texas. Married Nancy Sorrelle, born 1793 SC died 28 June 1864, Claiborne Parish, LA. Chas

I received yesterday papers from Thelma Mandaville who lives in Austin, Texas. She is a descendant of Daniel Browning, son of John and Nancy Peebles Browning. This is a treasure. Among the papers is a law suit against the Browning Heirs. In it, Daniel Browning's survivors are listed. The are: Nancy Browning, his widow Christopher Columbus Browning John Browning L. J. Potter and Mary Potter, his wife, formerly Mary Browning John Bostwick and Pamela Bostwick, his wife, formerly Pamela Browning J. B. Patterson and Martha Patterson, his wife, formerly Martha Browning William Cox and Frances Cox, his wife, formerly Frances Browning "which said Christopher C. Browning, John Browning, Mary Potter, Martha Patterson, Pamela Bostwick, and Frances Cox are children and heirs at law of said Daniel Browning deceased." I don't have a specific date because the 2nd page is missing, but it refers to Spring term, 1848. The paper refers to "the present fall term, 1848." So I assume that Daniel died before then. And then, looking at the papers that Cindy found on John Browning's estate, heirs were named on Apr 14, 1847 and Daniel was not among them. So, it is likely that Daniel died before Apr 14, 1847. But, I am putting that he died before Fall 1848 because I am not sure enough otherwise. OK, here is a problem I created- I admit it - and thinking long and hard about it, I am sure I made an assumption. I have that John and Nancy Peebles Browning had a daughter, Permelia. I found her in the marriage records when she married John H. Bostwick (who I am also related to). Since Pamelia Browning, daughter of John's son William, had definitely married William Haralson Browning, AND William F. Browning, son of John and Nancy, married Margaret Eliza Bostwick, John Bostwick's older sister. I figured that brother and sister married brother and sister, not an uncommon thing. I also surmised that the only other Browning family that Permelia could belong to was John and Nancy Peebles Browning, even though she was left out of the Bible records. I think at that time I also did not know that Daniel had been in Lowndes County, only something I have learned relatively recently. I also did this when I was new to genealogy and if I did that today, I would make great big notes that this was speculation. With that admission, Permelia (Pamela) is NOT the child of John and Nancy, but their granddaughter and daughter of Daniel. See - I admit when I make mistakes. This is why I truly like to have evidence, hard copy, of what is what. I also have a Henry Browning as a son of Daniel and Nancy Sorrell Browning, but he is not mentioned in these papers. This comes from the EF Browning book so I am really suspect as to this son of Daniel. However, EF lists Daniel's children as: Columbus, John B., Henry, and Martha. The other three children are correct but he is missing Mary and Frances and he shows that Martha married John Potter when it was Mary (wife of L. J. Potter). All of these are common names except, of course, Columbus. I am not at all sure about Henry. The person that brought the law suit was Henry Adams. I do not know how he, Henry Adams, related, if at all. May have just been a business deal gone bad. Well, there you go. We know where Daniel landed, and his heirs, as well as my mistake early one. Carolyn Golowka ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles Cox" <ccox@jam.rr.com> To: <browning@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2006 2:59 PM Subject: [BROWNING] Brownings > Would anyone have information on the line of Daniel Browning, born 1791 in > GA. died in Texas. Married Nancy Sorrelle, born 1793 SC died 28 June > 1864, Claiborne Parish, LA. > Chas > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BROWNING-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message